.224 bullet holes at 600 yd high power target

[amax]

Looking for the least expensive scope to resolve .224 holes in a high power target at 600 yds consistantly. I need to see them in the black mostly and in the white also until sight adjustments are made, or if my father-in-law is shooting.

John M.

 

[memilanuk]

Under all conditions? They don't make one.

Try using Shoot-N-C target centers. They have a 12" bullseye version that should work for you. Get a pack of Shoot-N-C pasters and you can keep shooting each bull until the pasters fall off or you can't see the lines anymore

 

[jb1000br]

You wont see them in the black. And only in the white under good-ideal conditions.

NF BR 42x is about it in the normal realm

40 or 45x leupy maybe...

a 36x might work

YMMV,
JB

 

[amax]

Thats what I figured, thats why I am building a pit with 2 target carriers. I am definately going to have 200,300, and 600 yd firing points, and hopefully a 1000 yd firing point also.
Me and my father-in-law are going to start on our personal practice range this coming weekend. It will be nice to finally have my own across the course practice range. Maybe now I can start back into highpower and get that highmaster card.
Thanks everyone for the comments, and I am glad I found this site.

John Mabry

 

[mauserguy]

Build your target frames out of 2x4s on edge. As if your were building a window box. Staple the target on the front of the window. Staple a white garbage bag on the back side. Use only one ply or side of the bag. You want the light to pass through as much as poss. This will give a 2" space between the target and the bag. With just a little sun, your holes in the black will now show up as bright white dots. The bag can be used over and over. I use a 24 scope and .224 holes show just fine. This will help you "Become One With The Ten"

 

[fredhorace77]

just another thought...you could also rig up one of those cameras to show you your target at that distance...some one on here a while back had plans for building one really cheap

 

[tenring]

Shooting my Savage LRPV 223 with Weaver 36 at 400 the other day. Put up two targets: a ShootNSee; and a 15"x24" plain white paper with six 1 1/4" round orange pasties on it. I could see bullet holes much better on the white backer. Not impressed with ShootNSee. Maybe OK for short range.

The inexpensive scope you want doesn't exist. I have several NF's and a March 10-60. Sometimes when conditions are great, I can see bullet holes, but wind and mirage make it impossible.

 

[fdshuster]

JohnM: You can buy some of the most expensive spotting scopes out there, (Nikon Fieldscope ED glass, 82mm objective, 25-75x eyepiece, at a cost of $1200, for example), and if the mirage is bad enough you will not see 22 cal. holes in the white, at as close as 400 yards. Forget about 5 & 600 or in the black.

Mirage will wipe out optics, no matter what the cost.

Buy the best you can afford, when spotting your shots is critical, like when sighting-in, do it in the very early morning or on an overcast day, when mirage will be non-existant or minimal. Or, be prepared to do a lot of driving back and forth to the target, if range conditions permit. I do use the Shoot-N-See splatter targets when mirage is a problem & they do help me, but they can also be wiped out by mirage.